where currents are splitting and turning and merging maintaining control of your craft is a constant effort.

Two Eddylines, Two Skills, One Fluid Movement The S-Turn is a maneuver that links two eddyline-crossing maneuvers for the purpose of...

Adding Style to your Eddy Turns Before experimenting with pivot turning into whitewater eddies start with mastering pivot turns on flat...

The Stern Squirt was developed by whitewater slalom athletes, embraced by freestyle paddlers, and pushed to extremes by squirt boaters.

Footwork Foundations The most brilliant thing about whitewater SUP is the freedom of movement. With all other whitewater craft – canoes,...

Last year on a perfect summer Sunday afternoon I accepted an invitation to a small pond party near Stuart, VA. “And bring a paddleboard...

Only those who have patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily. ~James J. Corbett Long...

Q: How do you hone whitewater SUP skills to paddle class 3 and harder? A: Work the heck out of that class 2 river near your home. Catch...

Students of whitewater SUP: pay attention to how little you see Barry’s paddle blade, how his arms rarely flex, how his posture and...

Whitewater SUP Not Pretty? Two recent articles in national media (CNN and SUPtheMag.com) have described whitewater SUP as awkward and...

Staying Upright in Rapids: Blade in the Water! One of the principals that all whitewater canoe paddlers – those on their knees with...

Learning to navigate a standup paddleboard on a river will eventually involve losing your balance and falling from time to time....

One of the most important skills I practice for WWSUP is foot work. Not just where to put them and when, but the more fundamental skill...